Jorge Florez-Acosta
Research Economist
Central Bank of Colombia
I am an economist interested in Empirical Industrial Organization, Competition Policy and Applied Microeconomics.
Contact: jhflorez@gmail.com
Here is my CV.
Research
Publications:
"Multiproduct retailing and consumer shopping behavior: The role of shopping costs", International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 68, 2020, with Daniel Herrera-Araujo, Université Paris-Dauphine.
"Do preferences for private labels respond to supermarket loyalty programs?", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 188, 2021, pp. 183-208.
In Spanish:
"Análisis empírico de los efectos económicos de la colusión: lecciones para Colombia", Ensayos sobre Política Económica, Vol. 35, 2017, with Karoll Gómez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Working papers:
"The effects of two-way lending between financial conglomerates in bilateral repo markets", with Karoll Gómez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and Carlos Cañón, Bank of England.
"Sticky prices, rising markups and vertical contracts. Evidence from the ready-to-eat cereal industry", with Renzo Clavijo, Universidad EAFIT.
Selected work in progress:
"Equilibrium effects of minimum markup laws in grocery retailing markets", with Daniel Herrera-Araujo (Université Paris-Dauphine) [slides].
"Coordination Incentives of Tariff-Quota Agreements", with Mayara Felix (Yale University), and Diego Jiménez-Hernández (Chicago FED).
"Effects of price information provision on consumer decision-making", with Santiago Sautúa (Tecnológico de Monterrey), and Paula Zamora (Texas A & M University).